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ACCENTURE DIGITAL SKILLS

GETTING STARTED GUIDE

If you have any questions or want to learn more, please contact us at digitalskillsuki@accenture.com

Introduction to Accenture Digital Skills

Courses included in Accenture Digital Skills

How to Deliver the Courses

What Our Learners Think

How to Register and Get Started

IT Requirements and Accessibility

Other Education Opportunities Accenture Offers

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CONTENTS

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Accenture Digital Skills is a series of collaborative social learning courses developed to introduce learners to digital topics who may have limited to no digital experience.

The programme covers the digital skills that are critical in the workplace today through eight digital courses. These courses are aimed at equipping people with the digital knowledge and skills they need to thrive in an increasingly digital workplace.

The courses are designed to help your learners make sense of the ever-evolving digital world, from understanding the basics to more advanced concepts and how to apply these.

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Introduction to Accenture Digital Skills

WHO?

All learners!

From students wanting to understand digitalapplications in the workforce, to those who have beenworking for decades and want an introduction to digitaland its impact on different industries. The courses aresuitable for all learners- designed for those with littleor no understanding of digital topics.

Please note learners under the age of 13 cannot sign up to the FutureLearn platform.

WHERE?

Accenture Digital Skills is hosted on FutureLearn.com

HOW MUCH?

All Accenture Digital Skills courses are FREE.

WHAT TOPICS?

Digital Skills for Work and Life, AI, Social Media, Digital Marketing, User Experience,

Web Analytics, Mobile, Retail

WHEN?

Learners can enrol to courses at any time and go through the modules at their own pace.

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103,000 learners have

gained skills from the programme

122,000 Digital Skills

course certificates awarded

IN NUMBERS…

Accenture Digital Skills is a series of 8 social learning courses on different digital topics to help learners compete and stand out from the crowd in today’s digital workplace.

Web Analytics

Learn about the role of analytics in business, the types of analytics, and the techniques used and why they’re important

Digital Marketing

Learn about some of the different Digital Marketing strategies and techniques that are available for businesses to use

Mobile

Learn about Mobile design, development, and creating experiences, and bigger concepts relating to mobile technology

Social Media

Learn how to use Social Media for business, from creating a social media presence to measuring success

Retail

Discover the impact Digital is having on the Retail industry and what it means for you

Digital Skills for Work & Life

Learn how digital is changing our lives and work and develop the skills to thrive in the digital workplace and in life

WHAT COURSES ARE IN ACCENTURE DIGITAL SKILLS?

User Experience

Learn about User Experience (UX) is important, the research and design basics, and the tools and testing techniques used in UX

Artificial Intelligence

Learn more about the past, present and future of artificial intelligence and explore its potential in the workplace

Start here!

Courses in Accenture Digital Skills

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HOW CAN I DELIVER ACCENTURE DIGITAL SKILLS?

Learners work with a mentor or advisor and are guided through Digital Skills courses. They get help from their mentor or advisor as and when needed.

Learners use Digital Skills courses, without any support from a mentor or advisor, whenever and wherever suits them best.

Learners attend an organised event, and are trained in a structured way by a course facilitator. Can be in-person or virtual and delivered individually or in a group.

SELF-STUDY ONE-ON-ONE GROUP

Who is this for?

• Learners who are confident

• Learners who want to work at their own pace

• Learners who aren’t able to commit to specific learning schedules (e.g. parents or those with caring responsibilities)

Who is this for?

• Learners who need extra help staying on track

• Learners who may require additional support (e.g. learners with special educational needs)

• Learners who would benefit from one-on-one support with activities and discussion questions

Who is this for?

• Learners who enjoy collaborative learning

• Learners in a school or college

• Learners who enjoy structured course facilitation

Organisation / charity responsibilities

• Suggest which Digital Skills courses to take

• Provide Digital Skills link on website

Organisation / charity responsibilities

• Provide guidance on which courses learners should take

• Set up touchpoints to discuss learnings

• Provide support when requested

Organisation / charity responsibilities

• Plan and host learning events

• Facilitate group discussions

• Tailor course to meet learners’ needs

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Deliver Accenture Digital Skills

There are three main ways to deliver Digital Skills: independent self-study, one-on-one and group delivery.

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“This course is great for anyone who is at the entry level of their social media career. It is perfect for the business owner who is looking to learn more about using social media in their business. It's also a great refresher course for the more experienced.”

Learner, Social Media Course

“The course helped me feel more confident about the digital

skills I have and to feel more positive and excited about

developing them.”

Learner, Digital Skills for Work and Life Course

WHAT OUR LEARNERS THINK

What Our Learners Think

“I’ve always viewed Web Analytics as quite tedious and

boring but this course actually proved me wrong. It’s

broken down into small videos, uses terminology

everyone can understand and quizzes you at regular

intervals to summarise what you’ve just learnt. It’s great

to have a job description broken down too, and have

real people’s experience/job titles at the end so you

have an idea of what you can do in this field.”

Learner, Web Analytics Course

“This was a great course for anyone who wants to learn

more about AI in the workplace and how you can skill up

or use existing skills to work with it rather than fear it.”

Learner, Artificial Intelligence Course

Watch the video below and see how using Accenture Digital Skills courses help Claire to leverage the power of digital and take her jewellery business to the next level. You can also view the video on YouTube here.

ACCENTURE DIGITAL SKILLS CASE STUDYCLAIRE’S STORY

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What Our Learners Think

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HOW DO I SIGN UP TO ACCENTURE DIGITAL SKILLS?

Register and Get Started

1. Go to www.futurelearn.com and click ‘Register’ to create an account.

2. Go to www.futurelearn.com/accenture.3. You will see the 8 Accenture Digital Skills courses.

Select one of these courses and click to register for the course. The course will now appear in ‘Your Courses’.

IS YOUR ORGANISATION INTERESTED IN TRACKING NUMBERS OF LEARNERS AND THEIR PROGRESSION? If so, you might want to consider requesting organisation specific course links.

To set up organisation specific course links and find out about other support we can provide, contact us at digitalskillsuki@accenture.com.

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WHAT ARE THE IT REQUIREMENTS AND IS IT ACCESSIBLE?

IT REQUIREMENTS• Accenture Digital Skills courses are available online so all

you’ll need is an internet connection.

• Courses are hosted on the education platform FutureLearn and can be found here: www.futurelearn.com/accenture

• Courses are desktop and mobile friendly.

ACCESSIBILITY• Accessibility is a top priority for FutureLearn, the

platform that hosts Accenture Digital Skills. A fewexamples of FutureLearn commitments include all videoshaving transcripts and all images having alt text. You canfind out more in FutureLearn’s accessibility policy here.

• FutureLearn aims to reach compliance with WCAG 2.0AA – a set of guidelines recommended by the WorldWide Web Consortium (W3C), widely regarded as theleading authority on accessible web content.

IT Requirements and Accessibility

WEB

ANALYTICS

RETAIL

MOBILE

SOCIAL

MEDIA

DIGITAL SKILLS

FOR WORK &

LIFE

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

USER EXPERIENCE

DIGITAL MARKETING

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WHAT OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES DOES ACCENTURE OFFER?

MOVEMENT TO WORKA strategic client collaboration partnership, working with high end enterprises to supply 100,000 + placements across industry.

SKILLS TO SUCCEED ACADEMYThe Academy offers free, online employability training. Modules prepare learners for the entire journey of choosing the right career, finding a job and succeeding in the work place. Have a look here. *Register as Staff and use code ACCESS4STF. Please do not share this code with learners as this gives access to all of our staff support materials.*

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM A 3-4 year programme comprised of classroom and on-the-job learning to earn a professional qualification.

Accenture also have a number of other programmes you may be interested in:

Other Accenture Educational Opportunities

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THANK YOU!If you have any questions or would like any further information please contact digitalskillsuki@accenture.com

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